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Samuel summoned the people to the
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Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.
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He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of the Matrites was taken by lot. Finally he brought the family of the Matrites near man by man, 2 and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.
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So they inquired again of the
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Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship; and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the
Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He would gouge out the right eye of each of them and would not grant Israel a deliverer. No one was left of the Israelites across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and had entered Jabesh-gilead. 4